MOO2 Launcher
1. Overview
Launcher is a GUI program for installing, configuring and running
unofficial fan patch 1.50 for Master of Orion 2. Since 1.50.8 the
patch supports improved mod format which allows Launcher to detect
installed mods and present available options to user. Launcher also
exposes few DOSBox options, in particular network multiplayer is now
trivial to setup. In launch window right-clicking any mod or option
brings up its discription.
Launcher package normally includes the latest 1.50 patch package under
MOO2.1.50.* subdirectory, so you don't need to download it separately.
You MUST OWN a copy of Master of Orion 2, to install or run the patch.
This package does not contain original game files.
2. System requirements
Launcher works on Windows (XP through 10), GNU/Linux (tested on
Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian), Mac OS X. Other Unix-like systems with
recent enough Tk should be capable of running it.
3. License
This program is free software, you can redistribute and/or modify it
under the terms of GNU General Public License 2.0 (see GPL2.TXT for
its full text). Note, that this program is distributed in the hope
that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, explicit or implied.
All source code is available and can be found under src/ subdirectory.
4. Authors
Copyright (C) 2017 by Alexey Svirchevsky.
Contributors:
Ricardo Ebbenhorst -- graphics, testing, usability suggestions.
Darza -- proofreading.
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MOO2 Launcher changelog
1.5
- Launcher now backs up existing patch files before installing and
restores in case of failure. This is to preserve custom user
configuration.
1.4
- Aligned dosbox options and mods.
- Overlong labels now wrap.
- 1.31 multilingual version (from Powerplus cd-rom) is now
recognized.
1.3
- Installation & distribution detection now works on Mac OS X.
- Improved distribution detection on Linux.
- No need to preserve unzipped package, installation copies all
files.
- Miscellaneous interface updates.
1.2
- Scaler based options added to resolution dropdown.
- Full screen in now an option in resolution dropdown.
- dosbox-base.conf renamed to dosbox.conf.
- dosbox.conf is no longer overwritten during installation.
- Removed nosound option.
- Settings are now stored in application directory.
- Correct detection for pre-1.50.5 patch versions.
- Fixed msgcat 1.4 problem on Mac OS X.
- Minor fixes and cosmetics.
1.1.1
- Fixed mod checkboxes not working.
- Uses notepad instead of system default app to open ORION2.LOG on
Windows.
1.1
- dosbox-base.conf now overrides dosbox-150.conf.